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The Institute of Credit Management would like to ensure that local authorities follow the correct debt procedures before we stick up our hands and say that they can have priority.
As I said in my introduction, the focus should be on the two following years. There might be some money available for next year in addition to that which has been announced and it is important that there is dialogue about that.
Yes—I wish to say just a few things, convener. The petition follows a previous one, which bore 10,000 signatures, about the education cuts in the Borders.
The bottom line is that we must ensure that we can follow public money, because the auditor can follow it.The council tends to think that it is accountable.